Kentucky criminals must have access to evidence for DNA testing, Supreme Court rules

High court says convicted killers deserve to have hair checked

4:12 AM,
Apr. 26, 2013

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Two offenders serving life sentences for murder based on "highly circumstantial evidence" should have access to evidence to conduct DNA testing that wasn't available at the time of their trial, the Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday.

Issuing a harsh rebuke to prosecutors who opposed the tests, the court said "we are mystified, if not amazed, that the commonwealth has such little interest in the possibility that DNA testing might lead to the prosecution and conviction of a guilty person heretofore uncharged and now at large."